Mass Setting
This group of objects was given to the Custody of the Holy Land by Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria, as regent for their underage child, Louis XIV. All are decorated with the arms of France and Navarre and with the fleurs-de-lys of France. At some point, the vestments’ original white background was replaced with a red fabric. The group of objects is set as if during a Mass. No other silver works or liturgical vestments of this importance survive from seventeenth-century France.
Claude Caignet (act. as of 1609)
Large Sanctuary Lamp, 1617–18
Gilt silver
H.: 29 3/4 (75 cm), diam.: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Part of Mass Setting
Attributed to Claude Caignet (act. as of 1609)
Large Processional Cross, ca. 1620
Gilt silver
107 7/8 × 20 1/4 × 6 5/16 in. (274 × 51.5 × 16 cm)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Part of Mass Setting
Claude Caignet (act. as of 1609) and an anonymous Parisian goldsmith
Six Altar Candlesticks, 1620–45
Gilt silver
Candlestick Pair A: A) h. 17 5/16 in. (44 cm); base diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); drip pans diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) B) h. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm); base diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); drip pans diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Candlestick Pair B: A) h. 17 5/16 in. (44 cm); base diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); drip pans diam. 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm) B) h. 17 5/16 in. (44 cm); base diam. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); drip pans diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Candlestick Pair C: A) h.15 3/8 in. (39 cm); base diam. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); drip pans diam. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) B) h.14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); base diam. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); drip pans diam. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Part of Mass Setting
Alexandre Paynet (or Penet) (act. 1615–56)
Red Pontifical Vestments: Three Copes, 1619
Silk, gold and silver threads
Cope 1: 59 1/16 × 118 1/8 in., 14.15 lb. (150 × 300 cm, 6.42 kg); cope 2: 60 1/4 × 118 1/8 in., 16.05 lb. (153 × 300 cm, 7.28 kg); cope 3: 59 13/16 × 118 1/8 in., 13.65 lb. (152 × 300 cm, 6.19 kg)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Related to An Antependium and Two Dalmatics
Part of Mass Setting
Alexandre Paynet (or Penet) (act. 1615–56)
Red Pontifical Vestments: Two Dalmatics, 1619
Silk, gold and silver threads
Dalmatic 1: 42 1/2 × 48 1/16 in., 8.73 lb. (108 × 122 cm, 3.96 kg); Dalmatic 2: 42 1/2 × 47 5/8 in., 7.8 lb. (108 × 121 cm, 3.54 kg)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Related to An Antependium and Three Copes
Part of Mass Setting
Alexandre Paynet (or Penet) (act. 1615–56)
Red Pontifical Vestments: An Antependium, 1619
Silk, gold and silver threads
38 × 82 11/16 in., 8.05 lb. (96.5 × 210 cm, 3.65 kg)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
Related to Two Dalmatics and Three Copes
Part of Mass Setting